The Raven Boys

The Raven Boys by Maggie Stiefvater was one of those books I decided to read because it was a scribd select, and I was out of audiobook credits for the month (I do this a lot). It is an urban fantasy novel that focuses around the life of Blue Sargent, the only non-psychic in her family.

Blue and her mother, Maura Sargent, live in a house with other psychic women, notably, Persephone, Calla, her cousin Orla, and her aunt Neeve. Things get weird for Blue when she visits an old church that lay on a ley line with her aunt Neeve. They go every year on St. Mark’s Eve to watch the spirits of the people who will die within the coming year walk past. Blue, who can’t usually see the spirits, sees one and he tells her his name is Gansy.

Blue meets the other main characters, Richard Gansy III, Adam Parrish, Ronan Lynch, and Noah, at the resturant where she works, when Gansy tells her Adam is interested in her.

Gansy is interested in finding Owyn Glyndower, a sleeping Welsh king, and believes he is somewhere around the town they are living in, Henrietta, Virginia. Blue becomes a part of the search because she reads Gansy’s journal he left at the resturant, and because the boys come to have a reading done at her house. Largely, though, she becomes even more involved because her and Adam start unofficially dating.

I can’t say much more without giving away anything. However, I will say this is a book that will captivate you. Not only is the plot amazing and the characters so likeable (I seriously want to be friends with Blue Sargent), the way Maggie Stiefvater writes is utterly beautiful. Her description of things in the book, such as Cabeswater (a forest in the book where the trees speak Latin), make this book worth reading.

Also, if you listen to the Audiobook, which I suggest for these books, Maggie Stiefvater writes a lot of the music that is played during parts of the recording. The music fits perfectly and, in my opinion, adds even more to the books charm and character.

If you love magic, mystery, and fantasy all wrapped into one, I highly suggest reading this book!

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